High paying office and admin jobs in Redding, CA with no degree

The best paid office and admin occupations in Redding, CA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Redding, CA run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Redding, CA salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Redding, CA · Employed

1Public Safety Telecommunicators$74,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,170 – $85,95070
2First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $98,620660
3Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$68,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $101,200250
4Postal Service Clerks$65,370
No formal educational credential
$42,600 – $75,03060
5Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$61,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $77,300120
6Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$59,490
No formal educational credential
$45,530 – $75,28040
7Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$59,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $73,890170
8Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,360 – $84,300130
9Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040130
10Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$56,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $66,610210
11Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,180 – $81,90080
12Loan Interviewers and Clerks$52,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,430 – $66,74040
13Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,090
Some college, no degree
$37,270 – $74,940660
14Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $80,140140
15Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,370
Associate's degree
$34,320 – $68,18030
16Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$50,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,380 – $73,67060
17Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,250 – $72,050580
18Billing and Posting Clerks$49,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $61,280150
19Customer Service Representatives$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $60,720630
20Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $60,750180
21Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $62,550590
22Library Assistants, Clerical$47,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $59,63040
23Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $61,610110
24Tellers$45,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $49,670130
25Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $64,050240
26Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$45,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $69,510100
27Office Clerks, General$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,180 – $63,1701,370
28Data Entry Keyers$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,710 – $55,59060
29Receptionists and Information Clerks$39,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $48,690370
30Couriers and Messengers$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $51,60060
31File Clerks$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $62,94040
32Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $42,280170

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianRedding, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Safety TelecommunicatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,570	$61,170 – $85,950	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,960	$46,820 – $98,620	660
3	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,030	$50,960 – $101,200	250
4	Postal Service ClerksNo formal educational credential	$65,370	$42,600 – $75,030	60
5	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and LoanHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,390	$34,840 – $77,300	120
6	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$59,490	$45,530 – $75,280	40
7	Court, Municipal, and License ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,250	$46,580 – $73,890	170
8	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,940	$41,360 – $84,300	130
9	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	130
10	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,320	$45,610 – $66,610	210
11	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$46,180 – $81,900	80
12	Loan Interviewers and ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,870	$38,430 – $66,740	40
13	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing ClerksSome college, no degree	$51,090	$37,270 – $74,940	660
14	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$37,780 – $80,140	140
15	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and TimekeepingAssociate's degree	$50,370	$34,320 – $68,180	30
16	Legal Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,020	$47,380 – $73,670	60
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$37,250 – $72,050	580
18	Billing and Posting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,040	$38,150 – $61,280	150
19	Customer Service RepresentativesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$36,720 – $60,720	630
20	Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$47,540 – $60,750	180
21	Medical Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$38,850 – $62,550	590
22	Library Assistants, ClericalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,420	$34,320 – $59,630	40
23	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,650	$36,860 – $61,610	110
24	TellersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,460	$38,000 – $49,670	130
25	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$35,950 – $64,050	240
26	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,170	$34,320 – $69,510	100
27	Office Clerks, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$35,180 – $63,170	1,370
28	Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$34,710 – $55,590	60
29	Receptionists and Information ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,660	$34,930 – $48,690	370
30	Couriers and MessengersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$36,740 – $51,600	60
31	File ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$34,320 – $62,940	40
32	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,790	$34,320 – $42,280	170

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Redding, CA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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